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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Deposit Area 1938 - 602
(Last updated 20.nov.2012)

Name of Deposit Area : Furuflaten
(Object Id : 1938,602,00,00)

Location
County : Troms (19) Municipality : Lyngen (1938)
Map 1:50000: Storfjord (1633-4) Map 1:250000: Nordreisa
Marking point: Longitude: 20.1549480 Latitude: 69.4268340
EU89-UTM Zone 34 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 466859 m. Y-coord: 7702186 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Marble and limestone Sub Type: Marble
Brickstone(Y/N): N
Production
Activity: Stone quarrying Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit mining Production:
Prod. status: Periodic activity Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 15.okt.2012 by Bjorn Lund)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 28.sep.2012 by Leif Furuhaug)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Gravsteiner Classification :Massive blocks Colour :Light gray
Play of colours : Uniformity :Medium good
Lithology :Calcite marble Grain size :Medium grained (1-3 mm)

Mineralogy:
Carbonate Major mineral (>10%)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
- 1995 Test beneficiation Company/Institution :Lyngen Stein

Deposit rock
Lithology: Calcite marble Weathering colour: Gray
Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Metamorphic formation Form: Massive
Main texture: Structureless
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Information(s) in free text format
Location
Bruddet ligger like ved riksvei 868 mellom Lyngseidet og Oteren, like ved sørenden av tunellen gjennom Pollfjellet.


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